![[VanisBlackdrakePathfinder.webp]] # Vanis Blackdrake _Human Casino Owner | [[Golden Drake]] | [[Yartar]]_ ## Summary The elderly proprietor of the [[Golden Drake]] who represents old [[Yartar]] aristocracy. His once-imposing frame is now bent with age, but his sharp gray eyes miss nothing — and his casino has prospered while others struggle during the city's recent misfortunes. %% ## Now _placeholder_ ## Appearance An elderly human, imposing frame bent by age, with sharp gray eyes that miss nothing. Always impeccably dressed in traditional formal wear; obsessively checks an ancient timepiece he believes wards off bad fortune. ## Personality Calculating, tradition-bound, and increasingly paranoid about losing his legacy. Can no longer distinguish necessary precautions from paranoid delusions. Gradually tilting the casino's odds further in the house's favor. ## Quote _"Control is preferable to chance—leave nothing to fortune that can be decided by design."_ ## Secret Made a secret pact with [[Abbathor]] cultists to preserve his wealth, drawing divination magic from it. ## Stats **Base:** Noble (MM p.348), modified. - Divination magic from his [[Abbathor]] pact. %%